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of a possible attachment on his side, of the desirableness of the alliance, supposing such attachment to be real and returned.
could Mr Elliot at that moment with propriety have spoken for himself!
a man more exactly what he ought to be than Mr Elliot;
the hope of seeing him receive the hand of her beloved Anne in Kellynch church, in the course of the following autumn.
whether the Crofts travelled with four horses, and whether they were likely to be situated in such a part of Bath as it might suit Miss Elliot and himself to visit in;
Mrs Charles Musgrove, and her fine little boys,
But the rain was also a mere trifle
her boots were so thick! much thicker than Miss Anne's;
her perfect readiness for the play, if Henrietta and all the others liked it,
Mary and Henrietta, too impatient to wait, had gone out the moment it had cleared, but would be back again soon,
the strictest injunctions had been left with Mrs Musgrove to keep her there till they returned.
there had been no fall in the case;
Anne had not at any time lately slipped down, and got a blow on her head;
she was perfectly convinced of having had no fall;
finding her better at night.
his superiority of appearance might be not unfairly balanced against her superiority of rank;
she was ready to go.
it might have been productive of much unpleasantness to her; that it was what they could never have voluntarily suffered; and that, in forcing her on such a measure, General Tilney had acted neither honourably nor feelingly — neither as a gentleman nor as a parent. Why he had done it, what could have provoked him to such a breach of hospitality, and so suddenly turned all his partial regard for their daughter into actual ill will,
they should call on Mrs. Allen.
the happiness of having such steady well-wishers as Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and the very little consideration which the neglect or unkindness of slight acquaintance like the Tilneys ought to have with her, while she could preserve the good opinion and affection of her earliest friends.
such an attention to her daughter,
this good-natured visit would at least set her heart at ease for a time,
it probable, as a secondary consideration in his wish of waiting on their worthy neighbours, that he might have some explanation to give of his father’s behaviour, which it must be more pleasant for him to communicate only to Catherine,
there being nothing like practice.
being unjust to his merit before, in believing him incapable of generosity.
her beloved Elinor should not be exposed another week to such insinuations.
she was going into Devonshire. —
It was within four miles northward of Exeter.
to whom she was obliged.
was Willoughby, and his present home was at Allenham, from whence he hoped she would allow him the honour of calling tomorrow to enquire after Miss Dashwood.
whether he knew any gentleman of the name of Willoughby at Allenham.
no alteration of the kind should be attempted.
her daughters might do as they pleased.
greater openness towards them both;
bear up with fortitude under this misfortune.
by all means not to shorten their visit to Mrs. Jennings;
might yet,
cheat Marianne, at times, into some interest beyond herself, and even into some amusement, much as the ideas of both might now be spurned by her.
one of the happiest women in the world.
Marianne was restored to her from a danger in which,
her own mistaken judgment in encouraging the unfortunate attachment to Willoughby, had contributed to place her;
something more than gratitude already dawned.
she was sorry for him; — she wished him happy.
every thing had been expressly softened at the time, to spare her from an increase of unhappiness, suffering as she then had suffered for Marianne.
she had been misled by the careful, the considerate attention of her daughter, to think the attachment, which once she had so well understood, much slighter in reality, than she had been wont to believe, or than it was now proved to be.
she had been unjust, inattentive, nay, almost unkind, to her Elinor;
— that Marianne's affliction, because more acknowledged, more immediately before her, had too much engrossed her tenderness, and led her away to forget that in Elinor she might have a daughter suffering almost as much, certainly with less self-provocation, and greater fortitude.
to hope that he had left Mrs. Ferrars very well.
wedding-cake might certainly disagree with many— perhaps with most people, unless taken moderately.
a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with blessings in such an excellent mother, and so many good neighbours and friends, and a home that wanted for nothing.